It's been 2 years now that we have been trying for a baby and now we're closer than ever!

Friday, May 7, 2010

Baby will be here soon!

I have just a few updates then I decided to post a little pregnancy survey as a little something to remind me of things about my pregnancy.

So Im just over 38 weeks now. At my 37 week appointment my tummy was measuring at 39 weeks so the doctor wanted to get an ultrasound at my next visit to make sure he wasn't getting too big. I went Wednesday for the ultrasound and appt. I wish it wasn't as hurried of an ultrasound. It was hard to really good look at him cause she went from one spot to the next fairly quickly just getting measurements, and he's sooo big now he took up the whole screen so it was hard to tell what was what! Well, he was not measuring too big. They estimated him about 7lbs and put him in pretty much exactly the middle for percentile growth.

When I talked with my OB he said everything looked great as far as Kody was concerned, heart rate, movement, I guess they are able to see the baby's practice breaths. The only concern he had was the amniotic fluid level. He didn't give me a measurement number, only that it was low. Not yet on the too concerned side, but concerned enough that it would possibly get lower and be an issue. So he told me he'd like to induce on Thursday May 13th just to be safe. We set up the time for 730 AM and so that's the plan unless Kody comes earlier.

I'm thinking of calling the office on Wednesday to see if he would want to recheck the fluid level to see if it's still ok or if he really does need to come early. I want him here, but I'm not thrilled at the idea of induction. I really wanted a natural/med-free birth and thats less likely to happen with induction. It would be harder on my body and possibly Kody's. But at the same time if that's what needs to happen for Kody to be safe, I'm fine with it. I'm just praying that maybe he'll decide on his own to come before then.

Well, we are ready for him in any case. The nursery is done (I'll try to get some pics up sometime today or tomorrow), and we are as prepared as we can be. Just a couple more days (maybe a shared bday with his uncle!) and we'll have our little guy in our arms!

About the mommy

NameRobyn

Age26

First child?yes

About the daddy!

NameJoel

Age26 (27 when he's born)

First child?yes

Finding out!!

What day did you find out?I can't recall offhand - Early September 2 weeks after embryo transfer

How did you feel when you found out?Ecstatic beyond belief

Who was with you?Amy

Who was the first peson you told?Amy, cause she was there when they called

How did they react?We hugged and squeeled like Jr high girls

How did the daddy react?I called him and he was excited and stopped to tell his coworkers

Telling the grandparents!

How did your parents react? excited about the baby - reacting to the gender news my mom was quite wide eyed and giddy

How did his parents react? also excited - gender news his mom got teary and smiled and I believe Ralph said "All right!"

Are they helping with baby names? nope, sorry, all us =) (actually this one was all mine)